EarthExile t1_iu49ste wrote on October 28, 2022 at 1:18 PM

Reply to comment by Suspicious-Abies-653 in Any CT teachers in here? by [deleted]

My position is anti-racism, so... no. If people have a problem with anti-racism, they're racist. That's the only place the objection could come from.

Suspicious-Abies-653 t1_iu4cyd2 wrote on October 28, 2022 at 1:42 PM

Not necessarily. Just not believing that our culture is riddled from top to bottom with racism, or not thinking that a child’s education should be race first doesn’t make someone a racist. If it does you’re using a different definition or racist than what has been used for most of human history.

EarthExile t1_iu4dj43 wrote on October 28, 2022 at 1:46 PM

Believing that our culture is not riddled with the legacy and effects of racism is a way of being incorrect. It's the truth. Racism was literally the law for most of our history. I am married to someone a different color than me, which was illegal until just a few decades ago until a Supreme Court case had to override a lot of state laws. To pretend that racism is not woven into the fabric of American history and life is to be ignorant of reality.

And nobody's education is "race first."

This is why your perspective must be opposed and counteracted. If the ignorance is allowed to continue, the damage can never be healed.

Suspicious-Abies-653 t1_iu4h1zy wrote on October 28, 2022 at 2:12 PM

And our disagreement makes me a racist?

EarthExile t1_iu4hex9 wrote on October 28, 2022 at 2:15 PM

If your perspective is that America doesn't have a racism problem, then yeah. Ignorance and apathy are important parts of white supremacy. You don't have to scream slurs at people to participate in racism. Looking the other way does most of the harm by itself.

Suspicious-Abies-653 t1_iu4ku65 wrote on October 28, 2022 at 2:39 PM

So now because I don’t agree with you I’m a white supremacist and a racist. You know nothing about me other than that we disagree. Can you see how divisive and counter productive that position is, and how many people would not want their children indoctrinated with that?

EarthExile t1_iu4n5pp wrote on October 28, 2022 at 2:54 PM

I do see why a lot of people would not want their kids to learn about why their parents' beliefs are harmful and ignorant. That's why the parents must be countered. They are wrong.